Thanks for the replies. I bought some JIS phillips screwdriver so I'm hoping that prevents the carb bowl screws from stripping but if they are questionable I will replace them with the hex screws. We'll replace the jets, or maybe just the main (because I have them) then post up how they work at higher elevations - testing will have to wait until snow melt late in the spring.

Any ideas about the small plastic elbow part, I hope I'm not the first to have ever broken it off. Maybe I'll try drilling the end of it and fit a different hose, the nipple broke off in the hose flush with the plastic fitting. It must be a vent of some sort.

Thanks again! ADV members are pretty incredible, I should probably look into registering with xt225.com also.

I do, check the Dualsport Fairing link in my sig line. Led lights are awesome, as is the fairing.

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howdy, hey would you mind p.m your website so could take a look at your products. i would really like to upgrade all my lights something brighter and better than what my STOCK BIKE has. i hate riding at night by candle power.

You have the wrong rear sprocket. You should return it and get the right one. There are aftermarket sprockets with the correct offset. I use the Parts Unlimited brand, they are inexpensive.

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Thanks. In someone else's shoes I'd leave the bike torn down and return the sprocket. Instead of waiting for another brown truck the bike crossed three state lines. They can't refund lost days of my life!

I have a 2005 XT225 Cdn model. It came with a 120 main jet. I went to a 130. Much better for me. Sea level to about 5000 feet. I did open up the airbox and muffler. Shim under the needle and three turns out on the idle screw. Its the way it should have been from the factory.

"1996 Canadian spec bike as having a 122.5 main, 42.5 pilot, 2 turns out, along with a few other differences between carbs. Maybe it changed on later models.
I personally found that this equates to good all round performance with 2 turns out on the pilot screw"

Meaning that you stayed with the 122.5/42.5 but only did the two turns? Maybe the 130 was on a different version rather than Canadian spec, I have read so many threads and spec sheets it is hard to keep them straight. Back to work in the garage, the fragility of some of these plastic parts has me a little concerned because the hoses area really fused on.

Thanks.

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I have stayed completely stock. I haven't had the carb off because I do not want to screw it up, nor have I adjusted it. The original owner told me the same thing; he hadn't touched it! Not tinkering with it is hard for me) If the jets are as published,they are a great starting point, as the bike runs really well 99% of the time
I am going from a 1996 Yamaha service manual, note that model 4BE3 is the canadian spec.

lots go to a 16 front , i did, and like it better for the street. takes about 15mins to swap. i've gone with bigger tires now tho so i might go back down to 15

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I'm still stock 15/45 gearing but upsizing the rear from 120 to 140 (/80-18) which means 4.9% longer legs. Instead upsizing from 15 to 16 front would've been 6.7% higher geared. It'll be interesting to see the impact. I may hold off to wring every last mile out of this tire. It's not dead yet.

I'm still stock 15/45 gearing but upsizing the rear from 120 to 140 (/80-18) which means 4.9% longer legs. Instead upsizing from 15 to 16 front would've been 6.7% higher geared. It'll be interesting to see the impact. I may hold off to wring every last mile out of this tire. It's not dead yet.

Sorry 'bout that. In my defense everything looked peachy in preview mode then barfed with unhelpful "Database Error" from AdvRider. I couldn't even see it was making a bunch of dufus posts. So I just nuked those. In AdvRider's defense I now suspect it was barfing on preview not published images on the Flickr side. I'm gonna give it one more try now that I finally think I got a handle on it...

PNW wrote: A small diameter hose that runs from a small plastic elbow from the left side of the carb near where the fuel hose attaches to the carb broke off with the tiny plastic nipple in the hose, it must have been very brittle as I didn&#8217;t realize that I even bumped it at all. The parts diagram in the manual doesn&#8217;t list the function of this hose, maybe a vent? I doubt if the plastic elbow fitting is replaceable, it isn&#8217;t listed in the parts diagram. Anyone have any ideas what to do with it?[/SIZE][/FONT]

I believe that to be the overflow hose. Does it come from float bowl area?